Employee wellness company Sidekick Health, which makes a suite of online, customizable wellness and disease prevention programs for providers and employers, has teamed up with weight loss company Jenny Craig. Through the partnership, employees in Sidekick’s employee wellness program with prediabetes will be referred to Jenny Craig’s weight loss program, which includes healthy eating tips and...
Teladoc is now powering the telemedicine services of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, a large health system affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University. The platform is live for Jefferson’s network of outpatient and inpatient care, which is comprised of six colleges, nine hospitals, and 34 outpatient and urgent care locations -- serving over 2.6 million patients annually.
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Teladoc has teamed up with Accolade, an on-demand healthcare concierge provider for employers, health plans and health systems, to help members navigate their telehealth benefits. The integrated service is now available to several of the two companies’ shared clients, and is showing increased utilization of Teladoc’s offerings: When a member is using the Accolade platform, the company’s Health...
Telemedicine company Teladoc has added a new position, executive vice president and chief revenue officer, and has tapped Peter Nieves for the role. Nieves was previously the EVP of employer markets at Optum, where he built that business up to be worth more than $1 billion according to a release from Teladoc.
“Successfully advancing to the next level is always reliant on having the right people...
Smart thermometer maker Kinsa has raised $17 million in a round led by GSR Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and FirstMark Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $28.6 million.
Kinsa, which received FDA clearance for its smartphone-connected thermometer in 2014, said it will use the latest funding to develop additional smart products and services to the Kinsa line.
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A study published in Health Affairs and conducted by the RAND Corporation made a big splash this week with a bold claim: That telemedicine doesn’t actually reduce healthcare costs because the increased convenience leads to increased utilization, which ultimately costs more than in-person care would have.
The study looked at claims data from a cohort of 300,000 employees with access to Teladoc...
Telemedicine provider Teladoc has appointed Kenneth H. Paulus to its board of directors, where he will serve on two committees: Nominating & Corporate Governance and Quality & Safety. Paulus has held leadership positions at a number of large health organizations and served as CEO for borth Allina Health and Atrius Health System. He also worked as the chief operating officer at Partners...
Increased membership, revenue and visits were all highlights of Teladoc’s fourth quarter for 2016, and it was a big year overall for the telemedicine provider. During the company’s fourth quarter earnings call with investors, Teladoc executives shared strong numbers across the board as well some strategic partnerships and legislative advancements they believe will keep them on an upward path.
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The latest legislative effort to establish telemedicine guidelines in Texas may finally be what everyone has been waiting for. Senator Charles Schwertner submitted a bill this week created out of months of negotiations between various medical boards, regulatory agencies and industry groups, and it contains a compromise that may finally bring an end to the longtime telemedicine standoff in the...
Telemedicine provider American Well and Samsung Electronics are collaborating to create a new level of healthcare service in regards to consumer reach, interoperability and accessibility, but they aren’t yet disclosing what that end user experience will look like.While both companies were short on specifics, they described the partnership as one presenting a “tremendous opportunity,” that will...
